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Uncover Melbourne’s Darkest Secrets
Embark on a thrilling journey through Melbourne’s dark past and vibrant nightlife. This unique 3-hour experience blends spine-chilling history with the city’s famous hidden bar culture. 🕵️♂️
Tour Highlights
- Historic Sites: Explore the northern and eastern sides of Melbourne, home to iconic landmarks like the Old Melbourne Gaol, Queen Victoria Markets, and Chinatown.
- Ghastly History: Uncover Melbourne’s most ghoulish and scary tales, from Jack the Ripper suspects to wartime serial killers and forgotten graveyards. 👻
- Hidden Bars: Step inside three secret bars hidden away in the city’s laneways, with insider recommendations for your next night out. 🍻
- Expert Guide: Led by an entertaining bar and history specialist who brings the city’s secrets to life.
Choose Your Perfect Ticket
- Standard: Simply order your drinks at the bar and pay your own way.
- Drinks Upgrade: Our guide will order you a beer, wine or low shelf spirit at each bar (one drink per person, per bar).
- All included: The ultimate experience – order any drink you desire, including cocktails (one drink per person, per bar), plus bonus extras!
Bonuses (more than $140 worth!)
- $100 off your first purchase at Naked Wines! T&Cs apply
- 10% off tickets to the best experience in town: Alcotraz!
- Free dram with your first purchase from The Whisky Club
- Free gift with purchase when you spend $50 or more at Clementine’s T&Cs apply
Meeting Point
Meet us outside L Shed, corner of String Bean Alley and Queen St inside the Queen Victoria Markets (between L Shed and the toilet block!).
How to Find Your Guide
Look out for person waving the DHT Flag AND/OR wearing a black shirt/hoody/jacket (depending on the weather) and our distinctive black, white and pink logo on the left breast.
Please note we are transitioning out of wearing uniforms to guides wearing normal clothes with a name badge, so some guides will have a flag to identify themselves while others will be in uniform. Sorry for the confusion as we make this transition!
Cancellation Policy
- Guests can cancel only their tour up to 24 hours before it starts to be eligible to receive a refund, minus booking fee (sorry, this goes straight to the card company!) or a gift card.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Terms and Conditions
- Customers can receive a refund or credit with at least 24 hours notice of cancellation, minus booking and card processing fees.
- Customers will also receive a refund or credit in case of operator cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.
- No-shows will be charged full price.
- Gift cards will have a validity period of 3 years and cannot be extended under any circumstances.
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Special mention to our "nemesis" tour guide Jay who ran the laneway tour at the same time - that's the next tour on the list.
We met our incredible guide, Jay, at the QVMarkets and it was so much fun from the beginning.
We found this tour informative, entertaining and fabulous bars.
We enjoyed the history experience as well as our incredible Jay.
A very entertaining night, brilliant bar staff and so much fun.
Please book! You won’t be disappointed !
I also really appreciated the First Nations peoples stories.
Tess was a fantastic, engaging tour guide!!!
Small intimate group of people, the stops were perfect - unique, well hidden and interesting. The reservations were made at each stop so no waiting.
The bars were great too and the time at each bar was good.
Fun and interesting story to be learnt
Bar choices were great and time managed inside well
She has a great manner and sense of humour and took us to some very cool hidden bars.
The afternoon went too quickly and everyone on the tour had a great time.
We got to meet the owners at the last bar and they shouted everyone a round of shots - how good is that? We have also done the Whiskey and Gin tour hosted by the same company which was awesome too!
We are booking the another tour - the Hidden Bars & Creepy Tales tour which we’ve heard is pretty amazing too!
I’d recommend when booking, you book the tour that includes the drinks especially if you’re drinking cocktails. The bar stops are around 30-40 minutes which is plenty of time to order your drink and drink it.
There were plenty of stops in between each bar with really interesting information provided by our great guide, Brigette.
Stay in town or get a driver or public transport as you definitely shouldn’t be driving after one of these tours. 10/10 - Highly recommended.






























































